Initial field testing definition of subsurface sealing and backfilling tests in unsaturated tuff; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Initial field testing definition of subsurface sealing and backfilling tests in unsaturated tuff; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Creator

  • Author: Fernandez, J. A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  • Author: Case, J. B.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Tyburski, J. R.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: I. T. Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: Sandia National Laboratories
    Place of Publication: Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Additional Info: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 1993-05-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report contains an initial definition of the field tests proposed for the Yucca Mountain Project repository sealing program. The tests are intended to resolve various performance and emplacement concerns. Examples of concerns to be addressed include achieving selected hydrologic and structural requirements for seals, removing portions of the shaft liner, excavating keyways, emplacing cementitious and earthen seals, reducing the impact of fines on the hydraulic conductivity of fractures, efficient grouting of fracture zones, sealing of exploratory boreholes, and controlling the flow of water by using engineered designs. Ten discrete tests are proposed to address these and other concerns. These tests are divided into two groups: Seal component tests and performance confirmation tests. The seal component tests are thorough small-scale in situ tests, the intermediate-scale borehole seal tests, the fracture grouting tests, the surface backfill tests, and the grouted rock mass tests. The seal system tests are the seepage control tests, the backfill tests, the bulkhead test in the Calico Hills unit, the large-scale shaft seal and shaft fill tests, and the remote borehole sealing tests. The tests are proposed to be performed in six discrete areas, including welded and non-welded environments, primarily located outside the potential repository area. The final selection of sealing tests will depend on the nature of the geologic and hydrologic conditions encountered during the development of the Exploratory Studies Facility and detailed numerical analyses. Tests are likely to be performed both before and after License Application.
  • Physical Description: 393 p.

Subject

  • STI Subject Categories: 05 Nuclear Fuels
  • Keyword: Fluid Flow
  • Keyword: Seals
  • Keyword: Performance Testing
  • Keyword: Geologic Fractures
  • Keyword: Boreholes
  • Keyword: Tuff
  • Keyword: Yucca Mountain
  • Keyword: Underground Disposal
  • Keyword: High-Level Radioactive Wastes
  • Keyword: Yucca Mountain Project

Source

  • Other Information: PBD: May 1993

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE93018523
  • Report No.: SAND--92-0960
  • Grant Number: AC04-76DP00789
  • DOI: 10.2172/139480
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 139480
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc621344

Note

  • Display Note: INIS; OSTI as DE93018523
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